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Grammar : Noun
Spell : gloh-ming
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgloʊ mɪŋ



Definition of gloaming

Origin :
  • Old English glomung "twilight," formed (probably on model of æfning "evening") from glom "twilight," related to glowan "to glow" (hence "glow of sunrise or sunset"), from Proto-Germanic *glo- (see glow (v.)). Fell from currency except in Yorkshire dialect, but preserved in Scotland and reintroduced by Burns and other Scottish writers after 1785.
  • noun evening
Example sentences :
  • The goats have gathered round me as I sit musing in the gloaming.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • It uplifted his soul, like soft music in the gloaming, or a woman's face.
  • Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
  • Man, hurry home before the gloaming betrays you to the dark.
  • Extract from : « St. Cuthbert's » by Robert E. Knowles
  • It was in the gloaming, and the little sitting-room was warm and cosy.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Luttrell's First Patient » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
  • She twisted a piece of paper into a spill, and put an end to the gloaming.
  • Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall
  • There was no mistaking who it was waiting there in the gloaming.
  • Extract from : « Mary Ware's Promised Land » by Annie Fellows Johnston
  • Lasst Midsummer Day aa was on t' Shanmoor road, i' t' gloaming.
  • Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • But he forgot that later as they rode home through the gloaming.
  • Extract from : « Colorado Jim » by George Goodchild
  • I perched a turkey in the gloaming and roasted him over a small fire.
  • Extract from : « A Virginia Scout » by Hugh Pendexter
  • The moon is clouded over, but her silvery sheen is replaced by a gloaming of grey.
  • Extract from : « The Death Shot » by Mayne Reid

Synonyms for gloaming

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